Opera by Request, in collaboration with the Toronto Wagner Society, presents Die Walküre, Act I, at 2:00 pm, Saturday, May 25, at the Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St.
Siegmund: Jason Lamont, tenor
Sieglinde: Olga Tylman, soprano
Hunding: Will Lewans, bass-baritone
For further information please contact the Toronto Wagner Society, Frances Henry, President, at www.torontowagner.org.
Opera by Request presents Massenet’s Manon, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Manon……………………Caroline Dery, soprano
Des Grieux……………….Lenard Whiting, tenor
Lescaut………………….Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Bretigny…………………Andrew Tam, baritone
Guillot……………………Avery Krisman, tenor
Count des Grieux…………..Henry Irwin, baritone
Grisettes………………..Elizabeth Leepock, Shikaina Jacob, sopranos, Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Opera by Request presents Puccini’s La Bohème, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, May 25, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Mimi………………….Carrie Gray, soprano
Rodolfo……………….Pablo Benitez, tenor
Marcello………………Yevgeny Yablonovsky, baritone
Musetta………………..Tammy Short, soprano
Schaunard……………..Douglas Tranquada, baritone
Colline……………….Raymond Accolas, bass-baritone
Benoit/Alcindoro………..Larry Tozer, bass-baritone
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, May 24, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Fiordiligi………Stephanie Ferracone, soprano
Dorabella……..Brigitte Bogar, mezzo-soprano
Despina………..Amanda Bartella, soprano
Ferrando………Zach Finkelstein, tenor
Guglielmo…….Gregory Finney, baritone
Don Alfonso….George Ossipov, bass-baritone
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Opera by Request presents Douglas Moore’s Ballad of Baby Doe in a semi-staged format, Saturday, May 11, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Baby Doe……………………..Lisa Faieta, soprano
Horace Tabor………………….Keith O’Brien, baritone
Augusta Tabor…………………Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo-soprano
Mama McCourt…………………..Tracy Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
William Jennings Bryan…………..Steven Henrikson, baritone
Silver Dollar…………………..Yliane Schwanengel
with sopranos Breanna Temple, Mara Fraccaro, Lindsay MacIntyre; mezzo-soprano Michelle Simmons, tenors Nils Nilsen and William Parker; and baritones Richard Partington and Mark Peacock
The Annex Singers, Maria Case, conductor
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Lisa Faieta, director
Opera by Request presents Janacek’s Jenufa, Sunday, May 5, 2:00 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Jenufa…………….Michele Cusson, soprano
Kostelnica………..Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano
Laca……………….Paul Williamson, tenor
Steva………………Lenard Whiting, tenor
Grandmother…….Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
Foreman/Mayor…John Holland, baritone
Karolka……………Margo Levae, soprano
Jano/Barena……..Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Mayor’s wife/Pastuchyna……Maude Paradis, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director